Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

BEARDED FISHERMEN

We are a mental health awareness and suicide prevention charity, we also support and help with the wellbeing of vulnerable people and families. We offer support via telephone, face to face, video meeting and we can also support you through counselling. We offer support from age 4 up-to 90. We run several local community groups offering support and we also have suicide prevention crisis response.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£49,700	£36,230	£13,470	25
31/12/21		£41,418	£36,817	£4,601	30
31/12/20	*	£27,434	£15,311	£12,123	5

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.beardedfishermen.org.uk

rickroberts@beardedfishermen.org.uk

01427433009

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Lincolnshire Community Foundation	£9,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,250
DCMS	£8,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Bearded Fishermen Charity
£5,000	28/04/2023	8% of the running costs for a mental health awareness and suicide prevention charity in Lincolnshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bearded Fishermen Radio Station
£8,250	05/08/2022	The funding will be used to support people struggling with their mental health through activities at the radio station. The project aims to support people at an early stage and offer companionship ....more The funding will be used to support people struggling with their mental health through activities at the radio station. The project aims to support people at an early stage and offer companionship and confidence building.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,000	15/06/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Bearded Fishermen, Gainsborough Covid Project
£4,500	06/05/2020	Core costs and telephone befriending
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Bearded Fishermen, Gainsborough Covid Project
£4,500	06/05/2020	Core costs and telephone befriending

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMELIA ROBERTS Appointed: 2020

DEBBIE LEYLAND Appointed: 2020

MICHAEL LEYLAND Appointed: 2020

RICK ROBERTS (Chair) Appointed: 2020

THERESA JERVIS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2020, number: 1188510

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR20: 137 days late,

Main office

20 Market Place
GAINSBOROUGH
Lincolnshire
DN21 2BY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DOING MENTAL WELFARE LEARNING TO STUDENTS IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION.ADVANCING HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT [WHAT] BY EDUCATING [WHO] THE PUBLIC [HOW] ABOUT THE RISKS OF MENTAL WELLBEING OF AND SUICIDE TO FAMILY WELFARETHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF ISOLATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE MORE INTO SOCIETY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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